Facebook, the Media and Democracy: Big Tech, Small State?, by Leighton Andrews Ivor Gaber is left wanting more in this account of how Facebook became a linchpin of today’s ‘surveillance capitalism’ Ivor Gaber 10月 24日
Sultan of Swing: The Life of David Butler, by Michael Crick Ivor Gaber enjoys a biography of an Oxford don who became the UK’s first on-screen pollster Ivor Gaber 1月 10日
The BBC: The Myth of a Public Service, by Tom Mills Has the corporation acted as an arm of the state in the past, and might it in the future? Ivor Gaber wonders Ivor Gaber 11月 17日
Deciding What’s True: The Rise of Political Fact-Checking in American Journalism, by Lucas Graves Having newshounds verify assertions does not in itself untangle complicated issues, Ivor Gaber says Ivor Gaber 9月 15日
Reporting Dangerously: Journalist Killings, Intimidation and Security, by Simon Cottle, Richard Sambrook and Nick Mosdell Ivor Gaber welcomes a work that gives overdue attention to the risks that members of the press and those who help them too often face Ivor Gaber 6月 30日
Political Turbulence: How Social Media Shape Collective Action, by Helen Margetts, Peter John, Scott Hale and Taha Yasseri Organising and agitating online can be a powerful mover of change, Ivor Gaber finds Ivor Gaber 1月 21日